I’m really not sure why, after many years of endless mangoes, it took this long for me to try to make mango cupcakes. But, 2019 was the year, and they were LONG overdue. The combination of a vanilla bean cupcake with mango filling and frosting was absolute magic. My first attempt at these cupcakes was
Another year, another onslaught of mangoes. This was a light year for mangoes. The late spring rains knocked a lot of mangoes out of trees prematurely, so it was a small harvest this year. Still, Mango Madness Part 6 managed to trudge along. And, I was still able to try a lot of new things
Skip to Recipe Every now and then, an Instant Pot owner gets asked, “Why convert a tried and true oven/stovetop recipe to the IP?” Sometimes, the answer is to save time. Other times, the answer is to wash fewer dishes. And, a lot of times, the answer is something a little unexpected: “Because I can.”
It’s hard to believe that it’s already been 5 years since I started Mango Madness. Mango Madness 2018 was actually going to be my last year of doing this, because I was legitimately running out of ideas. Yet. the mangoes flowed so heavily this year that I got all sorts of inspired! Seriously, I got
Skip to Recipe I’ve been experimenting with recipes for mango pastry cream for a while. My previous go-to recipe was good, but it really didn’t have a whole lot of mango flavor. I’m pretty happy with the results of this current iteration of mango pastry cream. My friends and family must agree, because I got
Skip to Recipe Mango creme brulee is a Mango Madness staple, and I have been making it since I first started experimenting with mango a few years ago. Since I was getting so many mangoes anyway, I decided to try adapting the recipe to make in my Instant Pot electric pressure cooker. It took a
Skip to Recipe Mango Season continues here in South Florida, and I am lucky to have plenty of donors giving me a steady supply of mangoes. I’m usually not much of a risk-taker with ingredients. I am too just cheap to accept that I might have to throw food away if it doesn’t work out.
Skip to Recipe The great thing about Mango Season in South Florida is that you can usually get your hands on more mangoes than you know what to do with. The bad part about Mango Season in South Florida is that you can usually get your hands on more mangoes than you know what to
Skip to Recipe Mango Season is on FIRE, and the season just getting started. My usual mango suppliers have been extra generous with me this season, and I make sure that their mangoes do not go to waste. Some of the fruits get eaten as-is. Other mangoes get sliced or chopped and used in
Skip to Recipe It has been raining nonstop here in South Florida for the past 2 weeks or so. The upside to this rain is that it has been knocking the mangoes out of trees prematurely, which means that mango season has started a little early this year. My friends and my coworkers have all